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Former Lab Members 

Team Member
Jessica Nadel
Lab Manager

(2013-2015)

Jessica (Barnard College '13) was an undergraduate research assistant and then lab manager. She is currently a PhD student in Clinical Psychology at LIU Brooklyn.

Team Member
Claudia Ortuno
Radcliffe Institute

Research Partner

(2014-2015)

Claudia (Harvard College '16) worked with Dr. Senghas during her year as a Radcliffe Fellow.

Team Member
Illan Gonen
Graduate

Research Assistant

(2013-2014)

Illan is currently a PhD student in Semitic Linguistics at the University of Cambridge.

Team Member
Krizia Lopez
Undergraduate

Research Assistant

(2010-2013)

Krizia Lopez graduated from Columbia College in 2013. She then completed a Fulbright Fellowship in Nicaragua. She is currently a People Operations Associate at Google.

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Sheeva Abolhassani
Graduate

Research Assistant

(2010-2012)

Sheeva Abolhassani received her B.S. in 2008 from Emerson College in Communication Sciences and Disorders and then received her M.S. from Columbia University in Speech Language Pathology.

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Annemarie Kocab
Lab Manager

(2010-2012)

Annemarie Kocab graduated from Wellesley College in 2010 with a B.A. in Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences and English. She is presently a PhD student in Psychology at Harvard University.

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Geoff Zoehfeld
Undergraduate

Research Assistant

(2011-2012)

Geoff Zoehfeld received a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Columbia University in 2012. He is currently a graduate student at San Jose State University.

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Sara Maria Hasbun
Lab Manager

(2008-2010)

Sara Maria graduated from Barnard College in 2008. She received her Certificate in Translation from NYU in 2013 and works as a Translator/Director at Meridian Linguistics.

Team Member
Blair Sinsimer
Undergraduate

Research Assistant

(2009-2011)

Blair Sinsimer graduated from Barnard College in 2011 and majored in Art History.

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Emory Davis
Undergraduate

Research Assistant

(2006-2007)

Emory graduated from Barnard in 2007 with a B.A in Linguistic Anthropology and a minor in Psychology. She is currently a PhD student in Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins University.

Team Member
Molly Flaherty
Lab Manager

(2004-2006)

Molly Flaherty (Columbia '04) completed her MS at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and her PhD at the University of Chicago where she is now a post-doctoral fellow.

Team Member
Shira Hahn
Lab Manager

(2002-2004)

Shira graduated from Columbia University and from Univeristy of California, Berkeley with a Ph.D. in Linguistics. She is currently making the next generation of hearing aids at GN ReSound.

Team Member
Sarah Littman
Undergraduate

Research Assistant

(2001-2003)

Sarah Littman graduated from Barnard College in 2003 with a major in Psychology and Spanish. She is a Ph.D. student in Bilingual School Psychology at Fordham University.

Team Member
Jennie Pyers
Visiting

Doctoral Candidate

(2001-2003)

As a PhD student at UC Berkley, Dr. Pyers did her dissertation work in the LADR Lab. She is now an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Wellesley College.

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Alina Engelman
Undergraduate

Research Assistant

(2003-2004)

Dr. Alina Engelman is Assistant Professor of Health Sciences at California State University, East Bay. She received her DrPH at UC Berkeley, her MPH at Yale and her BA at Brown.

Team Member
Penny Shima Glanz
Undergraduate

Research Assistant

(1999-2001)

Penny Shima Glanz (Barnard College '01) holds a Masters in Information and Archive Management from Columbia University. Today she helps small business owners implement new technology.

Team Member
Elizabeth Housman
Undergraduate

Research Assistant

(2001-2003)

Elizabeth (Barnard College '03) attended Boston University School of Medicine. She is primarily an internist and is active in teaching the housestaff and Harvard medical students.

Team Member
Sarah Housman
Undergraduate

Research Assistant

(2001-2003)

Sarah (Barnard College '03) attended Brown Medical School and is completing her residency in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School.

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Marisol Santos
Undergraduate

Lab Assistant

(2003-2005)

Marisol Santos graduated from NYU, majoring in Education, specializing in Child Development. She assisted the lab in correspondence and communication with the Nicaraguan participants.